Well one thing not in his favour this time, McHugh retired from the High Court a while ago. It would seem a bit odd as his wife was a Labor pollie and I would have thought most of his political contacts would be with the ALP. But his father was a coal miner from Newcastle, so maybe he feels the pull of the COAL.
Yup Palmer is a Z-grade shonk. His career started as a real estate salesman on the Gold Coast, one of the originals of Joh's White Shoe Brigade, selling swampland sight unseen to people from the southern states wanting a slice of the Gold Coast. According to Wikipedia - Palmer studied law, journalism and politics at the University of Queensland from 1973 to 1975, but did not finish the course. He later completed a Diploma of Law through the Queensland Bar Board, and worked as a clerk and interviewing officer for the Public Defender's Office. So he like the Dumpster is a failure when it comes to education and by the sound of it was a little rich boy. His father was a successful businessman and Clive probaby has been trying to outdo him but is a bit of a failure at that too - the bankrupted Nickel Refinery and the Coolum resort, had his licence to control a football team revoked to protect the integrity of the sport. He is also a bit of a criminal as he has been charged with fraud as well. I'm sure The Dumpster must have a had few accusations of fraud levelled against him but he would probably have had a smart lawyer to let him slither out of it. Then of course the other major project Palmer was promoting, Titanic II has sunk without trace.
The most laughable thing I saw in his CV on wikipedia was - In 2008, Palmer was appointed adjunct professor of management at Bond University on the Gold Coast. Says something about the quality of Bond University, though he also got an adjunct professorship at Deakin University which is a quite respectble institution in comparison to the degree factory at Bond University. I can only wonder, "What were they thinking?"
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Yup Palmer is a Z-grade shonk. His career started as a real estate salesman on the Gold Coast, one of the originals of Joh's White Shoe Brigade, selling swampland sight unseen to people from the southern states wanting a slice of the Gold Coast. According to Wikipedia - Palmer studied law, journalism and politics at the University of Queensland from 1973 to 1975, but did not finish the course. He later completed a Diploma of Law through the Queensland Bar Board, and worked as a clerk and interviewing officer for the Public Defender's Office. So he like the Dumpster is a failure when it comes to education and by the sound of it was a little rich boy. His father was a successful businessman and Clive probaby has been trying to outdo him but is a bit of a failure at that too - the bankrupted Nickel Refinery and the Coolum resort, had his licence to control a football team revoked to protect the integrity of the sport. He is also a bit of a criminal as he has been charged with fraud as well. I'm sure The Dumpster must have a had few accusations of fraud levelled against him but he would probably have had a smart lawyer to let him slither out of it. Then of course the other major project Palmer was promoting, Titanic II has sunk without trace.
The most laughable thing I saw in his CV on wikipedia was - In 2008, Palmer was appointed adjunct professor of management at Bond University on the Gold Coast. Says something about the quality of Bond University, though he also got an adjunct professorship at Deakin University which is a quite respectble institution in comparison to the degree factory at Bond University. I can only wonder, "What were they thinking?"